Toller it stands for:
Liquid Dishwashing Detergent, gets you clean hands and a slippery
slimy floor wall ceiling, lathe and you.
Claims: makes wood behave just the way you like it ;-*)))
I'm sure Leif will send you the magical formula, just hang in there.
Keep it close to the new Alcohol formula

Everyone seems to wants magical ways to make it easy, rather than
practical.

Have lots of fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo


On Jul 13, 10:17 pm, "Toller" wrote:
"Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message

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Came out really pretty, but the tear out killed it. It was not like
normal tear out where some fibers tear out rather than cutting; hunks of
wood just pulled out. I think my tools were adequated sharp; maybe not.
The tear out is just bad on the outer part of the tree, but horrible on
the inner part.

Interesting thing is how it drank up LBO. I have never seen a wood so
thirsty other than maybe spalted maple.

And, I learned there there is actually something worse than tear out. I
tried to fix it by mixing glue with willow dust and filling in the tear
out. Now it looks like tear out filled with glue and willow dust.

======I've turned very spalted, partially rotten birch and used the LDD
method as well Wood Hardener and that pretty well controlled tear-out. Of
course, there is always that one piece that won't behave! *G*

What is the LDD method?